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erry frustration grows

H. Bay service criticized; but ferry corp. says traffic eased

SOME NORTH Shore ferry travellers want the B.C. Ferry
Corp. (BCFC) to reinstate additional summer sailings from

its Horseshoe Bay terminal.

In past years the BCFC increas-
ed from two to four the number
of ferries travelling between
Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo as
part of its summer schedule.

But this year the BCFC put the
two additional ferries on the new
Mid-Island Express route between
Tsawwassen and Nanaimo to
divert. more traffic from) Horse-
shoe Bay. .

Instead of hourly sailings out of
Horseshoe Bay, ferries now only

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

depart the terminal every two
hours fer a total of eight’ sailings
per day.

The Horseshoe Bay Business
and Community Association
(HBBCA) has criticized the move
and has called on the BCFC to
put additional summer sailings
back on the Horseshoe Bay route.

**The retention of the two-hour-
ly service will create congestion on
the Upper Levels Highway and
exacerbate the already difficult
parking situation in’ Horseshoe
Bay,”’ said HBBCA co-chairman
lan Dailly.

He also criticized a BCFC
publicity campaign that urges
ferry travellers to use the Mid-
Island Express route. Dailly said
maps and guide books already
show ferry service from Horseshoe
Bay.

‘It is unrealistic to expect resi-
dents of the North Shore, many
of whom have friends, family,

cottages or business interests on
the island, to drive to Tsawwassen
if it is more convenient to take the
Horseshoe Bay route,’” said Duil-
ly. “To assume that under these
conditions there will be a reduc-
tion in traffic sufficient to com-
pensate for the reduced number of
sailings is improbabic."*

Dailly added that running extra
sailings at the end of the day to
clear up backlogs will disturb
Horseshoe Bay area residents in
early morning hours.

“We would certainly challenge
(BCFC's) right to do this under
our municipal (noise) bylaws,”

said Dailly.

He added that the only sure
way of catching a particular ferry
out of the Horseshoe Bay terminal
these days is to travel as a foot
passenger, which he said makes
the Horseshoe Bay parking situa-
tion even worse.

But a BCFC spokesman said the
increased service on the Mid-
Island Express route has decreased
traffic congestion at the Horse-
shoe Bay terminal.

Angie Lessick said BCFC fig-
ures show that between July | and

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